Floyd Mayweather is an Uninspiring Amateur

'Can I blame him? No. He's taking a money making route.' - is what I wrote.

 

Yeah, thats the obvious difference, and in the case of Mayweather, he had to learn to pace himself over 12 rounds like all new pros.

 

I'm not saying any fighter could do it. What I'm trying to say is fighters want to do it whereby they win by fighting. Mayweather is not necessarily a fighter.

 

Mayweather is popular among the American fans because there are no standout prime ATG's in that era. Mayweather was very outspoken in his PBF days which was entertaining, and people paid to see him lose.
He also took full control of the African American fan base as there were no other great black fighters.

He also got into fights with the biggest names, which had an accumulative effect on his financial clout.

 

Mayweather is one of the all time great boxers, props to him. But he's not boxing the way most do. They box and seek to win by boxing under the one philosophy 'I will outbox you by FIGHTING you'.

Loma lost because he was learning how to pace himself, he wasn't really throwing at all. He learned his lesson and now he's throwing punches almost sadistically.

Yeah, it's harder for Rigondeaux because he always stays in punching range, but the level of finesse and specialism is greater because of this fact. It doesn't change the sidenote I'm making here, Rigo is better out point-scoring.

Btw, Mayweather didn't beat 20 world champions, he beat beltholders. He beat past prime Greats also.
Broner is a poor example, I'm talking about those top guys who are great at outpointing opponents, using an Olympic advantage.

 

My answer is in the previous post. It was an issue of pacing, that's all. I would add that Floyd does have some nice pro quirks, that can't be denied.

Floyd hasn't beaten that style decisively. He beat Cotto but was more 'beaten up' of the two. He LOST to Castillo according to most in the first fight. He drew IMO to Maidana, the opinion of around 35% decent ****ysts, Maidana either drew or won that first fight.

 

lol I asked them to take the troll cap off, you gotta give the posters some credit...they're thinkers too.

 

Yes, Floyd was more aggressive when he was younger, when his punches had decent power, and most importantly, when he was up against inept fighters who were easier to knockout. The B- guys and below.

Floyd however, has looked like pretty much the same amateur in the Castillo fights.

It's not ridiculous. I will mention this again:
If Maidana were to try and point-score like Mayweather, he'd easily win if he decided to be like Mayweather and start running after he was ahead (landed his rather successful onslaughts) in each round. This could have been an EASY victory if Maidana and Robert Garcia shared the same fight philosophy.

 

Yeah but Hopkins was pretty boring, Jones was on the way down when Mayweather had established his ranking as the best P4P. By the time Jones was well on his way down, Mayweather for 10 years fought weak opponents to increase his name and financial status. Becoming PBF was a good move.

We like characters. I'm a casual UFC fan, but I watch Conor McGregor's fights.

 

It's because people have overlooked the nuance I've mentioned and fell into groupthink.

 

Maybe, maybe not. Styles make fights and Loma's style specifically is one that needs to be paced correctly in the pros. That doesn't mean Floyd is a better boxer either.